Nearly an hour passed before Nixon Leal joined our scheduled Zoom interview.
“Ya casi,” he texted via WhatsApp. A Spanish phrase for “almost ready,” I learned. I relayed the message to my editor, Erika Chavez, who would translate the conversation, and she told me the longstanding joke that “ya casi” really means you’re not even close to being ready. A relatable sentiment across languages.
When Leal’s camera flickered on, a growing smile squeezed between his motorbike helmet. The 36-year-old Venezuelan man had spent his day doing mobile deliveries, but he told us there was no time limit for our talk. He had all the time in the world for this conversation. Read more here. |
